In to 1865, Rudolf Clausius coined the term ‘entropy’ and stated that the entropy of the universe tends to a maximum. This idea is now known as the second law of thermodynamics and a measure of the disorder of the physical system. Consider the behaviour of gas in a closed box. If you start with all the gas molecules in a corner of the box, the gas molecules will fill the box, increasing the entropy (tending to chaos or disorder.) A piece of fruit always rots, a building always disint
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